Cover of Safe as Houses

Safe as Houses

a novel

  • 1995 first published
  • 364 pages
  • 3 editions

Safe as Houses is a 1995 gay fiction and sapphic fiction novel by Alex Jeffers. It deals with gay men, families, deafness and lesbians.

7 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 3 editions.

It runs to roughly 364 pages — 6–7 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Children of parents with disabilities
  • Children of parents with disabilities in fiction
  • Gay men in fiction
  • Gay men
  • Families
  • Deafness
  • Lesbians
  • Children of deaf parents
  • AIDS, Disease
  • Family life
  • United states

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote Safe as Houses?

Safe as Houses was written by Alex Jeffers and first published in 1995.

What genre is Safe as Houses?

It is usually shelved as Gay Fiction and Lesbian & Sapphic Fiction.

How long is Safe as Houses?

The median edition has 364 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Safe as Houses?

Readers who like it often enjoy Tipping the Velvet, Tales of the City and More Tales of the City.

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